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This month on the 1091 Project we discuss old repairs, when to remove them and when to leave them alone. Sometimes the decision to undo an old repair is an easy one, sometimes not, and sometimes it really is a conundrum because there are valid arguments to be made on both [...]
Continue Reading →It has been a very busy week in Conservation. We are neck-deep in helping with the move of the special collections to swing space. The flat files moved this week, which was a very big job indeed. Everyone in the lab has been helping either with the physical move, preparing [...]
Continue Reading →Maybe “hate” is too strong of a word. A better title might be “Mr. Clippy provides conservators with job security.” Paperclips, staples, and rubber bands all damage archival materials either mechanically (i.e. creasing, wrinkling) or chemically (i.e. rusting, leaching acidic compounds) resulting in brittle paper, tears, accretions, [...]
Continue Reading →Books always tell you what sort of lives they have lead. Sometimes those clues are very subtle and hard to tease out, sometimes it is easy to see what has happened prior to them coming to the library. Occasionally the critters win the battle if not the war.
Continue Reading →This month on the 1091 Project we are highlighting the non-book, non-paper items that come to the conservation lab for evaluation and rehousing. In our collections we have the usual amounts of prints, drawings, paintings and various other kinds of artwork. But we also have hanks of famous-people’s hair, Continue Reading →
Written by Erin Hammeke, Special Collections Conservator
I was sorry to see this item go back to the stacks last week! A German book of magical secrets, Clandestine Hausvaterliteratur (Jacob Biernauer; 1818) is a recent acquisition to the History of Medicine Collection. It contains information on astrology, superstitions, ghosts, spells, and recipes for poisons, gunpowder, [...]
Continue Reading →This month on the 1091 Project we are celebrating the end of the year and all of our accomplishments. Each lab celebrates in a different way. Parks Library Preservation has an in-house training session. We…eat.
Our lab’s tradition this time of year is to have a [...]
Continue Reading →‘Tis the season to give thanks for all that we have. In that spirit, we would like to express our appreciation for one of our donors, Mike Plaisance, for his generosity over the past several years. Mr. Plaisance has given to the Library every month since May, 2008.
His gifts have helped us purchase enclosures [...]
Continue Reading →The Flat Blue Devil came to visit Conservation to see what we were working on. He got into a bit of trouble when he investigated the book press, but we managed to release him with no harm done.
We showed him the famous banana-book in the exhibit case, and he got to see [...]
Continue Reading →This month on the 1091 Project we take a look at our physical lab spaces, how they are set up and how our location impacts our work. The Verne and Tanya Roberts Conservation Lab is located on Lower Level 1 of Perkins Library, Room 023. We share [...]
Continue Reading →Current Exhibit
Help Wanted: You Can Help Keep Our Collections In Good Condition (installed 10/2/12)
On display in Perkins Library, Lower Level 1, Room 023. Open during regular library hours.
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